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Letters Patent N 100,012', dated February/'22, 18T

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making-part of thesanae To all whom tt may concern.:

Be it known that I, ALONZO B. CALDWELL, ofthe vcity of Syracuse, iu thecounty of Onondaga, and State ofNew York, have invented a new andimproved f Umbrella.-I `l'a1ne; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and tothe letters ofreference'uiarked thereon. 1 use any materials connuouly used'in theconstruction of umbrella-haines.

. A is the stock in 'the usual form. B is one of the outer bows toreceive the covering. C is one of the braces attached at the inner endto the ordinaryslirling head D, and at the outer end to the outer' bowB. l s I Near the outer end of the brace C is pivoted the inner how E,which, at its outer end,`is jointed-111ml] a cross end bow, F, which ispivoted upon the end Ot" the outer bow B, the whole forming a leverarrangement by which, when the umbrella-trame is opened or spread out,the' cross end bow F will standat an angle with the end of the outer bowB, and the covering being extended tothe'top ot' thev end bow F, aglitter' is formed around the whole umbrella; and when the frame isclosed the cross end bows F willfold up the gutter close to the Outerbow B, and the inner e how E will also lie close to the outer bow B, andall thepparts sling tothe stock A.

Attached t one of the inner bows, in such ordinary way that it willslide up and down thereon, is the spout G, which, through a hole in thecovering direetly over it, will receive the'vwater from the glitter ofthe whole umbrella and carry it oi in one place, and being in the formof a spout, will naturally throw the water oft' from the person.

The use Ot' this lever arrangement also operates to stiiien and lirm'lykeep in place the `outer bow B.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl 1. The combination with the main stretchers and braces of` anumbrella, of t-he auxiliary stretchersll and braces E, hinged togetherand to the main stretchers and braces, substantially as described andfor the purposes set forth.

2. ln combination therewith, the. conductor M and spout G,'substantiallyas shown and described.

A. B'. CALDWELL. Witnesses: v

N. B. SMITH,

D. C. MARKHAM.

